Members of the Hawks, the North West Airwing, Explosives Unit, Cluster IMTT, Public Order Policing, Tactical Response Team, Crime Prevention Unit, the Local Criminal Record Centre, and the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy formed part of the operation, which resulted in the police arresting the illegal miners
POLICE FOLLOWED INFORMATION ON THE MINERS
Police spokesperson Captain Tlangelani Rikhotso said the team followed up on information regarding the alleged illegal mining activities at Quest Mine, situated just off Buffeldoorn Road.
The police managed to flush out sixteen alleged illegal miners from underground.
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Sixteen illegal miners were flushed underground in the North West during a multi-disciplinary operation. Image: SAPS
Rikhotso says activities were done through a heavy-duty industrial generator supported by smaller generators. It was strategically located at multiple processing stations for gold-bearing material,” says
During the arrest of the 16 illegal miners, police also seized two illegal firearms, explosive cartridges, detonating cords, capped fuses, and four generators.
POLICE SEIZED 23
BUCKETS OF GOLD
Police confiscated two firearms when they arrested 16 illegal minders in the North West.
